Seed-display rack.



110.855.86 2. v PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907. L. L. MORSE.

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Specification of Letters Eatent Patented June 4, 190?.

Application filed April 4, i907. Serial No. 366,806

f leaving openings 5 in the places which were first occupied by these upturned portions 4.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LESTER L. Morten, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State These upturned portions and the openings are so formed that they will he at each side of of Californie have invented new and useful tions are the vertical partitions 6 wlnch exlmprovements in Seed Display Racks, of which the following is specification.

tend from the back to the front on an incline My invention relates to a rack or device l for displaying seeds in bags, and for like purposes.

It consists in a structure having a conibina- 3 tron or parts, and details of construction winch will be more fully explained by reierwardly, said shelves being formed of the desired length, folded, and vertically placed in inclined division strips at intervals along the shelves.

The metal sheet has stamped or cut out i tongues which extend vertically u on each side of the front edges of each of t -e shelves 1 forming a support for-the seed bags, at the "out is some time providing openings through which dust and seeds' from broken bags can be easily removed; while the front opening between these upturned sides enables the user to conveniently remove the bags.

As shown in the drawings, A is a plate made of such length and width that the len th will accommodate as many rows'of poo 'ets in line with each other as may be desired. This plate is preferably made of sheet metal, and is bent in the direction of its width, so as to form the horizontal shelves 2 and the vertical backs A, there being as many of the shelves as may be desired, and at the front edge the sheet is u turned as at A to form a final pocket at the ottom.

The device is set up at an incline, as shown, and the wire or other suitable folding frame 3 forms s brace to conveniently hold the rack" in its desired position.

The sheets are stomped tln'ough to form plates 4 which are substantially on line with t e fronts of the shelves, and these are upttuned when the shelves are formed, thus each floor, and between these upturned poras is plainly shown.

The length of each of the pockets or shelves between the partitions is sullicient to receive the rectangular bags in which the seeds are usually put up for sole, and they may be proportioned to the sizes of the bags which are to be employed, so that any number of the begs may be placed therein.

The upturned portions 4 at the front of the shelves, prevent the bags from falling out, and the spaces between them rovide a convenient means for reading the abels or other characters which are printed on the bags. These spaces also serve for the introduction of the thumb and linger to remove any bag with ease.

The cut-out portions 5 which remain after the upturning of the vertical portions :4, form openings on the shelves themselves through which any. accumulations of seeds from broken bags, or other dirt, can be easily removed without removing the bags and reversing the whole apparatus.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat 1. A display rack formed of a plate bent in the direction of its width and slitted at points to form a series of horizontal shelves with vertical backs rising and receding from the bottom, the slitted portions forming upturned fronts, intermediate vertical partitions between said upturned fronts, and a supporting brace at the rear, said upturned fronts having openings for the removal of the accumulations from the shelves.

2. In a display reek of the character described, 21 series of horizontal shelves in the form of upwardly receding steps having vertical backs, sectional upturuethstrips upon each side of the shelf fronts, forming intermediate open vertical spaces between thorn,- vertical partitions by which the shelves are subdivided in the direction of their length, and openings for removing accumulations from the shelves.

3. In a display rack of the character described, s series of shelves formed by bending a sheet of metal to form alternate shelves and intermediate vertical beclts extending up- Wardly and backwandly, sidshelves having openings formed cutting through them contiguous to the front edges, and-upturned sections formed b'yj'the parts thus out out, and remaining attached substantially in line with the front edges of the shelves, vertical inelined partitionsfitting between the contiguous upturned p'ortionstto separate the shelves into lengths, and-.e'support for the rear of-the device. 3' x 4. In a display rack of the character described, shelves formed by bending a single sheet of metal to form horizontal bottoms and vertical backs, said sheets hevingug' turned portions or tongues formed by ma ing cuts so that the tongues adherent upon one side of the cuts will project upwardly in line with the vertical backs forming intermediete 0 en spaces at the front of each shelf,

'vertica inclined pertitions extending from LESTER L. MORSE.

JVitnesses R. C. MoGILL,

ALBERT L. IIART. 

